Checkboxes won't work!

[iciarfernandez]

Hi,

I'm trying to add some checkboxes as part of the edition of the README file for Assignment 01, I've tried different things that I read online (e.g. using - [ ] instead of only [ ]) but I can't seem to make it work. Any ideas as to what's going on?

Thank you!

[aleurcelay]

Hi @sciclic,
I am not sure why are your checkboxes not rendering but you could try this instead:
* [x] checked
* [ ] unchecked

• checked
• unchecked

[iciarfernandez]

Thanks for your reply @aleurcelay. I did try that but still not working 😢, I'll just do something else instead and I'll go to the TA hour after the next lecture to try and figure it out.

[vincenzocoia]

Yeah, checkboxes in markdown don't actually allow you to actively check or uncheck the box. This is because this would require changing the markdown source code from [ ] to [x] (or vice versa). It's different with GitHub Issues, though -- they've implemented a convenience, where clicking on the box actually edits the comment, and further, tracks that you made the edit. Try clicking on the checkboxes in @aleurcelay's post above to see what I mean!